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quired in given situations, in order to carry out a pe- 

 culiar system of training, it is obvious that " close 

 stopping" must give way. If, on the other hand, 

 the " close spur " system is pursued, then the " close 

 stopping" must be resorted to in the great majority 

 of cases. The general principles of "stopping" are, 

 to pinch oif with the thumb and finger the terminal 

 point of the growing shoots, one or two joints beyond 

 the bunch, as soon as the leaves connected with such 

 joints are somewhat developed. As soon as the blos- 

 soms begin to expand, which may readily be known 

 by the delightful fragrance which will pervade the 

 house, some nicety of atmospheric management must 

 take place. In former days it was deemed necessary 

 to provide an unusual amount of atmospheric mois- 

 ture during the blooming period, accompanied by an 

 increase of heat. It has, however, been proved sub- 

 sequently, that too much stress had been laid on a 

 great amount of humidity in the air. Mr. Paxton 

 was one of the first to show that such practice was 

 somewhat erroneous, and that the vine, whilst blos- 

 soming, was amenable to those general laws which 

 are known to be conducive to "setting," as it is tech- 

 nically termed, in the great majority of fruit trees. 

 The more extended cultivation of what are termed 

 the " shy setting kinds," such as the Tokays, the 

 Damascus, and the West's St. Peters, doubtless, 

 throw some light on this matter. There can be 

 little doubt, that some increase of heat should be al- 



